AIMS: To compare the performance of ultrasound elastography with conventional ultrasound
in the assessment of axillary lymph nodes in suspected breast cancer and whether
ultrasound elastography as an adjunct to conventional ultrasound can increase the
sensitivity of conventional ultrasound used alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty
symptomatic women with a sonographic suspicion for breast cancer underwent ultrasound
elastography of the ipsilateral axilla concurrent with conventional ultrasound being …

Methods Fifty women attending the breast unit as symptomatic GP referrals with breast
lesions sonographically suspicious of breast cancer underwent UE of the axilla
simultaneously with routine CU examination. Elastograms were visually scored, strain
measurements calculated and nodal perimeter and area measurements recorded. UE was
compared with CU with histology as the reference standard. Results Twenty-nine nodes
were histologically normal, 21 were metastatic. Normal nodes were indistinguishable from …